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Deer at Our Father’s Grave in Tanah Abang, Jakarta

Family Story, History, StoriesBy The Indo Project February 1, 2022 9 Comments

By Ronny Geenen (IndoWorld) Roots in the Dutch East Indies My youngest sister Peggy Geenen was born in Padang, in the former Dutch East Indies, during World War ll in 1943. Over 50 years later, in 1996, she, her friend Jaap, and six others decided to take a trip through the islands Sumatra and Java,…

The Camps

History, Military, Stories, Witness to the War, World War IIBy indoproject October 27, 2011 37 Comments

By Jan Krancher, California, USA Overview of the Japanese Imprisonment Experience The Japanese High Command on Java attempted to coerce the Indo-European members of the former Royal Netherlands-Indies Army, Navy and Air Force to enlist in the Japanese army. A goodly number of Indos who refused were summarily executed and many ended up in camps. …